Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-01
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Sir ahli Lub bock. who Is high sa,l-.
.thority On the subj ect of savage
recenEl made IN interest ling ese,5
inswlli,:il he. 4 Jared that the s.,ys.ge
races to-day, il, nilsy parts Of the
Wor.d. are nal iin;;ss progress toward
civil zation. He point on. among
Other facts. that s:,lne Of Tho lowest
races are found to hive y grsn.t nuns
'bersn l1,les and customs, which must
,Layt grown up i'll the l,ls.ce:,s Of time.
and which prove tllass thes,s races have.
ndyancetl from Il mar, ennll ,.etely saw
age State The genera. in ftrence that
he draws is that all ,n,nls;;lri ]. even in
its lowest branches, IS risi,iy gradually
% . higher ,leglrc Of lntcli .ence.
Some Interesting facts about savagcs
were instaliiced 10 maxi goat the argu-
ment. TIE lowest and nlost barb
race in tile world is. supposed to- be u
tribe called the ..B4sjes:lI.ns. = b 4
branch Of the Hottentots i tt is said Of
them that inxsad Of washing. they.
cover their bodies I'll e:,rwirA thick
layers Of dirty grease, # was Of this
race that DR.. Living stone:,, the fanlolls
African traveller, said: "a Bpsjes1nan,
certainly in his mien and all his gss-s
lures, has much more Resemblance to
an ape than man. ~ - e S5 81. Il
AT the other extreme are the Maoris
Of New Zealand, who are probably the
most intelligent and well-mannerea
OF modern sayages. They have given
up cannibalisn. have adopted the
European dress, are submissive to law,
and; when engaged in war, use the
milder methods of Christian warfare.
One of the worst races is that of the
Australian natives, who seem incapa-
BILE of receiving any considerable de-
gree Of civilization. They have been
in contact with the English settlers for
a century, and yet have learned moth
ing from them but horse back riding
and a taste for strong drink.
Some features of barbarous and semi
civilized races, noted by Sir John Lub-
book, are very curious. For instance,
the Australians, New Zealanders,
Esquimaux and other savage people,
are totally ignorant of the universal
European custom of saluting with a
kiss. The different ways of showing
reverence for a superior are amusing.
The Malay, when in presence of one
whom he regards as above him, imme-
diately sits down the South Africans
turn their backs upon their betters ;
some of the Hindoo tribes reveal their
respect by putting. the thumb to the
end of the nose, and wriggling the
other fingers. Our boy-readers know
whether Or not they employ this ges-
ture to signify respect.
Sir John Lubbock tells US that in
many points the marriage customs OF
savages bear a resemblance to those OF
the civilized races. A wife, among all
races, was IN early times a captive OF
war; and from this arose the custom OF
marriage by capture. ':All over the
WORLD" he says, lit was found that,
even after friendly arrangements had
been made between the parents of the
happy couple, the bridegroom always
made some pretense of carrying off his
bri,!e; and probably to the same origin
rs this ceremony may be traced the
custom of lifting the bride over the
doorstep, which occurred among the
Romans and other nations"
The religious life and beliefs OF many
savage races are hard to understand.
These people seem to think that ali
things that move are endowed will
life: and so believe that animals
water, flowers and other moving things
have spirits, like men. THE worship
of animals says Sir John, sis found
widely existing over the whole world
and this worship might possibly b,
traced to the common habit Of calling
families after. animals-which easily Lee
to belief thatjfamilies were related to
or descended from, the animals WHOSE
names they bore and ultimately thi!
grew into a worship" %:<%s.
Savage races are found to be orig
finally temperate BUTTS soon as the,
come into contact with civilized men
and learn the effects Of strong drink
they use it to excess and rapidly be
come drunkards. Some savage peoples
have been destroyed by this terribl
vice. Youths ConiapQaaion.